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Megillot

Song of Songs

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

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Hebrew
דָּמְתָה לְתָמָר וְשָׁדַיִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלוֹת׃ אָמַרְתִּי אֶעֱלֶה בְתָמָר אֹחֲזָה
בְּסַנְסִנָּיו וְיִהְיוּ־נָא שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלוֹת הַגֶּפֶן וְרֵיחַ אַפֵּךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִים׃ וְחִכֵּךְ
כְּיֵין הַטּוֹב הוֹלֵךְ לְדוֹדִי לְמֵישָׁרִים דּוֹבֵב שִׂפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִים׃ אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי
וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ׃ לְכָה דוֹדִי נֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה נָלִינָה בַּכְּפָרִים׃ נַשְׁכִּימָה
לַכְּרָמִים נִרְאֶה אִם־פָּרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן פִּתַּח הַסְּמָדַר הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמּוֹנִים שָׁם
אֶתֵּן אֶת־דֹּדַי לָךְ׃ הַדּוּדָאִים נָתְנוּ־רֵיחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵינוּ כָּל־מְגָדִים
חֲדָשִׁים גַּם־יְשָׁנִים דּוֹדִי צָפַנְתִּי לָךְ׃ מִי יִתֶּנְךָ כְּאָח לִי יוֹנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי
אֶמְצָאֲךָ בַחוּץ אֶשָּׁקְךָ גַּם לֹא־יָבֻזוּ לִי׃ אֶנְהָגְךָ אֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־בֵּית
אִמִּי תְּלַמְּדֵנִי אַשְׁקְךָ מִיַּיִן הָרֶקַח מֵעֲסִיס רִמֹּנִי׃ שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת רֹאשִׁי
וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי׃ הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם מַה־תָּעִירוּ ׀ וּמַה־
תְּעֹרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּץ׃ מִי זֹאת עֹלָה מִן־
הַמִּדְבָּר מִתְרַפֶּקֶת עַל־דּוֹדָהּ תַּחַת הַתַּפּוּחַ עוֹרַרְתִּיךָ שָׁמָּה חִבְּלַתְךָ
אִמֶּךָ שָׁמָּה חִבְּלָה יְלָדַתְךָ׃ שִׂימֵנִי כַחוֹתָם עַל־לִבֶּךָ כַּחוֹתָם עַל־
זְרוֹעֶךָ כִּי־עַזָּה כַמָּוֶת אַהֲבָה קָשָׁה כִשְׁאוֹל קִנְאָה רְשָׁפֶיהָ
רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה׃ מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת
לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ
לוֹ׃ אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה וְשָׁדַיִם אֵין לָהּ מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַאֲחֹתֵנוּ
בַּיּוֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּהּ׃ אִם־חוֹמָה הִיא נִבְנֶה עָלֶיהָ טִירַת כָּסֶף וְאִם־דֶּלֶת
הִיא נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָרֶז׃ אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְשָׁדַי כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת אָז הָיִיתִי
בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצְאֵת שָׁלוֹם׃ כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמוֹן נָתַן אֶת־
הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא בְּפִרְיוֹ אֶלֶף כָּסֶף׃ כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לְפָנָי הָאֶלֶף
לְךָ שְׁלֹמֹה וּמָאתַיִם לְנֹטְרִים אֶת־פִּרְיוֹ׃ הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים חֲבֵרִים
מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ הַשְׁמִיעִנִי׃ בְּרַח ׀ דּוֹדִי וּדְמֵה־לְךָ לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר
הָאַיָּלִים עַל הָרֵי בְשָׂמִים׃
Sephardi
damtah letamar veshadayikh le'ashkolot: amarti e'eleh vetamar ochazah
besansinav veyihyu-na shadayich ke'eshkelot hagefen veriach apek katapuchim: vechikech
keyein hatov holech ledodi lemeisharim dovav siftei yeshenim: ani ledodi
ve'alai teshukato: lekhah dodi netze hasadeh nalinah bakfarim: nashkimah
lakramim nireh im-parchah hagefen pitach hasmadar henetzu harimonim sham
etein et-dodai lach: hadudaim natnu-riach ve'al-petacheinu kol-megadim
chadashim gam-yeshanim dodi tzafanti lach: mi yitencha ke'ach li yonek shedei imi
emtza'acha vachutz eshakecha gam lo-yavuzu li: enhagecha avi'acha el-beit
imi telamdeni ashkecha miyayin harekach me'asis rimmoni: smolo tachat roshi
vimino techabkeni: hishba'ti etchem benot yerushalayim mah-ta'iru umah-
te'oreru et-ha'ahavah ad shetechpatz: mi zot olah min-
hamidbar mitrapeket al-dodah tachat hatapuach orarticha shamah chiblat'cha
imecha shamah chiblah yeladat'cha: simeni kachotam al-libecha kachotam al-
zero'echa ki-azah kamavet ahavah kashah chish'ol kin'ah reshafeihah
rishpei eish shalhevetyah: mayim rabim lo yuchlu lechabot et-ha'ahavah uneharot
lo yishtefuhah im-yiten ish et-kol-hon beito ba'ahavah boz yavuzu
lo: achot lanu ketanah veshadayim ein lah mah-na'aseh la'achotenu
bayom sheyedubar-bah: im-chomah hi nivneh aleihah tirat kasef ve'im-delet
hi natzur aleihah luach erez: ani chomah veshadai kamigdalot az hayiti
ve'einav kemotze'et shalom: kerem hayah lishlomoh beva'al hamon natan et-
hakerem lanot'rim ish yavi befiryo elef kasef: karmi sheli lefanai ha'elef
lecha shelomoh umatayim lenot'rim et-piryo: hayoshevet baganim chaverim
makshivim lekolech hashmi'ini: berach dodi udemeh-lecha litzvi o le'ofer
ha'ayalim al harei vesamim:
English
palm, your breasts its clustered fruits; but I said, "I shall climb the date palm, I shall take hold of its stems," and your breasts will be like clustered grapes, your breath, the scent of apples. And your mouth is like good wine, inside - [She] It is for my beloved, flowing freely, bringing words to sleeping lips. I am my beloved's; and his longing is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go to the field, let us lodge in the villages; we will get up early and go to the vineyards, to see if the vine has flowered, whether its blossoms have opened out, if the pomegranate buds have burst; and there shall I give you my love. The mandrakes give their scent, and on our own doorstep, the sweetest of fruits, new and old; my beloved, I have hoarded them for you. [She] If only you could have been my brother; could have suckled at my mother's breast. I would find you outside, I would kiss you, yet no one would shame me. I would lead you, I would bring you to my mother's house, you would teach me. I would give you to drink, spiced wine, my pomegranate juice. My head rests in his left hand, and his right arm is around me. Swear to me, daughters of Jerusalem, tell me, why do you seek to waken, why to rouse, this love before its time? [Friends] Who is this, rising from the desert, leaning on her beloved? [She] Beneath the apple tree I woke you; where your mother bore you, where in suffering she gave you birth. Set me like a seal upon your heart, like the seal upon your arm - for love is as powerful as death itself, and jealousy as unyielding as the grave; it burns with sparks of fire, with the LORD's own flame. Great waters cannot quench love, nor torrents sweep it by. If a man offered all his inheritance for love - they would laugh him to shame. [The Brothers] We have a little sister, her breasts are not yet grown; what shall we do for our sister when a man comes for her? If she were a wall we would build a silver watchtower; if a door, then we would bar her up with cedar. [She] But I am a wall. My breasts are like towers. It was when I was so that I found peace in his eyes. Once, Solomon had a vineyard at Ba'al Hamon. He gave the vineyard over to the keepers; each keeper brought him in a silver thousand from the fruits. My vineyard stands before me, my own: Solomon, keep your thousand; pay two hundred to each keeper of the vines. [He] "You who still sit in the gardens, friends listen for your voice. Have me hear." [She] Away with you, my beloved, like a gazelle, or a young deer, over perfumed hills.
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